The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-06-18

ye to TAX ca yersep, gin ye do not adj
dress me wi mair rispict."
The Briton laughed but he was sorely
frightened, too; SO frightened that kia
voice trembled.
"And what will you do, my young
hawk, if do not choose to treat your
lordship with more respect" he asked.
Again from the firm, determined lips
came the answer: "Gin We move frae
were ye sit, or gin we dae not doe what
command, 1 will send this lit shaft
clean thro' thae body o Kings
officer Sac tax warmth"
by the Kings crown, be it so, then!
Two can play at that game, and We will.
Cover him with your musketoons, men.
Let us see what the springold will have
to say to that" And the officer waved
his sword with a flourish.
Almost as if their leaders sword had
moved a spring connected with their
musketoons, a score of deadly tubes
were raised, the muzzle of each one
pointing at that youthful breast. But
the young figure did not move; the blue
eyes might have flashed more darkly,
the thumb and finger stifened little
as they grasped the arrow that would
have carried with it death speeder
than that from the loaded musketoons
of the soldiery.
"Oh, ay," cried the little archer, al
ken the likes O. them. Let them shoot
gin they will, but they Gamma shoot
quick eneuch to save yer heart, brave
Kings officer. Gin We gle ane mair
order to shoot, and We dee, do We UNI
derstaun' me the moo? Gin We order
to tax AVA weel, and gin We haze
any thing to say to thae Laird O Craig
hope that can be listen't tae wi'out
shame, I'm aye ready to hear"
The officers cheeks blanched to
sudden paleness, but, mingled with his
fear, was doubtless an admiration for
the castles young defender; besides,
the concession did not involve any sac
rifice of dignity. SO he lifted his hand
in token of pause, and the second COM
mand rang out: MEN, recover your
armSm
The deadly musketOons were lower
ed. For the first time, too, the draw
bow were allowed to slacken, though
the hands did not change their position,
nor was the point of the arrow lowered
OF heightened. And at that very mo-
ment confidential servitor, all unseen,
of course, of those below, whispered to
the gallant sentinel that all was well.
The royal bird had flown, and was now
beyond the shot of musketoon and the
axe of the eXecutioner.
A smile of singular brightness crept
over the pale, stern face of the child de-
fender.
- Gin We will light doom, now frae
yer horses, Kings officer and men, yes
free to seek what We will in Craighope.
It's ma ony objection to that, We moind;
it's the laird ye nun rispict, ilka man
O. We, before We come ben his tower.
Then he unbent the bow altogether,
DOTTED his Glengarry, and disappeared
from the bartizan. Within less than
five minutes the drawbridge was let
down, and the party clattered over it
to seek in the castle the prize they
were after But the keenest search
awaited nothing, or did they even dis
cover that they had been played with
in any other way than as a daring boy
ish prank by the young springold."
Charles Edward in that ten minutes
time had been enabled. intelligently
guided, to reach the wild Businesses of
Loeb Roy where pursuit was absolutely
impossible by any stranger, whence he
succeeded in affecting retreat west
ward to the Great Glen, and subse-
quently to his more protracted and Sc
cure concealmcnt in the Isle of Skye,
all of which depended on the thought
fulness and heroism of the boy senti-
nel.-Fred n. colby, IN Congregation
uiiSt.